Friday, December 7, 2012

Play Kitchens and Felt Food

My little girl is about to turn 7, and she is tall. She asked this year for a "real kitchen". Her current dora kitchen is waaay too short for her! I scoured the internet and toy stores looking for a "big girls" kitchen but only found really high priced pieces with ages only up like 5. Sooo my plan is to build a kitchen her size. . . when looking for inspiration online i also found lots of people making felt food (and i have alot of felt) so i thought id give it a whirl. Ill also be posting my diy play kitchen when its finished.

First Felt Food Project: Strawberries

Step 1: Make a pattern

I drew a pattern out on folded construction paper and cut it out. Usually when i do this the first one is too long, or too wide and i make a second construction paper pattern, or third, until i get one that works. . . luckily for me the first one worked fine this time ;)

Pattern pieces are I red strawberry body, and one green leafy stem piece.

Step 2: Sew the berry

Fold the strawberry piece in half (right sides together) and sew up one end (leave top open for now)

Then turn the berry inside right

Step 3: Adding Seads

Starting on inside, use regular white thread and make tiny stitches around the berry bottom

Step 4: Gathering top

Use same thread to make a loose baste stitch around top

Now stuff the berry bottom (you can use batting, I use chopped up pieces of felt too small to use for something else :))

Pull the thread at the top tight, gathering it closed, and tie it off.

Using hot glue (or you can sew it but hot glue works awesome on felt :)) glue the leafy part over top, covering the gathered stitches.

I also take a small rectangle and roll it up (gluing it together) and put a dot of glue on the end of it, and glue it to the center of the top, making a stem.

Showing the stem

Finished product!!! They are adorable, and realistic, and washable!!!! wow! lol! and best of all i made all 5 of these using only 2 pieces of felt that were only 23 cent each. . . so all these cuties for only .46 cent. :)

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About Me

I'm a 31 year old mother of 3. Just celebrated my 11th anniversary with the love of my life. I have always enjoyed being a SAHM, and crafting in general. After the birth of my daughter, my love for sewing grew, and with my son and next baby the need for organizational ideas and money saving diy everything! lol